Hal Lide is one of the most popular camera apps available for iLid, as it allows users to adjust focus, exposure, white balance and manually before taking a photo. The iPhone 12 Pro Max is now officially available, developer Sebastian de Wide has shared more technical details about the camera of this year’s most expensive iPhone model on Halid’s blog.
Unlike last year’s models, the iPhone 12 Pro Max camera is different from the cameras found on the regular iPhone 12 Pro. Users of this year’s Pro Max model will get a new telephoto lens with 47% larger f / 1.6 wide sensor, sensor-shift stabilization, 87% higher ISO and 65mm mm and 2.5x optical zoom.
While most of these specifications were already known, Sebastian details exactly what the benefits are with these numbers and what they mean in practice for users. He made a great picture to show how big the new iPhone 12 Pro Max camera sensor is. The sensor on the iPhone captures images of 3024 by 4032 pixels or 12 megapixels.
Apple Pal could have just added more pixels to the sensor, but instead, the company did something different. The camera sensor of the iPhone 12 Pro Max has large individual pixels, called “photosytes”. Larger photosynthesis means it receives more light, which is the result of less noise and more defined images.
When comparing photos taken on the iPhone 12 Pro and 12 Pro Max, the differences are hardly noticeable – at least if you caught it during the day. Users will notice the difference between the cameras in both phones as they take pictures in low-light scenes.
The dramatic difference most people are not seeing is shooting in daylight, with a fast / 1.6 lens. On top of that, Apple Paul’s intelligent image processing combines multiple shots together, making the hardware difficult to check.
Here is a comparison of photos taken at sunset with iPhone 12 Pro and iPhone 12 Pro Max. The second photo, which was taken with the Pro Max model, features a high level of detail.
While larger sensors help the iPhone get better images, sensor shift technology is also responsible for taking images in low light with more detail.
As the Hal Lide developer explains, the iPhones have had optical image stabilization for some time, which reduces the effect of shaking hands while taking a photo. The more stable the camera, the longer the exposure time to get more light.
On the iPhone 12 Pro Max, the stabilization is applied directly to the sensor instead of the camera lens. Since the sensor itself is smaller and lighter than the entire lens assembly, it can move faster to compensate for hand movement.
Software cannot shake your hand. Night mode on the iPhone takes a ton of photos around this and only throws out the ones that end up being very shaky. Now we can see that the iPhone 12 Pro Max pulls forward – really ahead – its smaller iPhone 12 Mini, 12 and 12 Pro sister –
Taking pictures with zoom on the iPhone 12 Pro Max also got more thanks to the new telephoto lens that can go up to 2.5x optical zoom as compared to 2x of other iPhones. However, it also means that the lens has smaller holes, so users will see a worse experience when using Zoom on the iPhone 12 Pro Max in low-light scenarios.
You can read more technical details about the iPhone 12 Pro Max camera on Hide Lide’s official facial blog.
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